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Mikhail Khodorkovsky

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Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky (Russian: Михаил Борисович Ходорковский, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil xədɐrˈkofskʲɪj]; born 26 June 1963), sometimes known by his initials MBK, is an exiled Russian businessman, oligarch, and opposition activist, now residing in London. In 2003, Khodorkovsky was believed to be the wealthiest man in Russia, with a fortune estimated to be worth $15 billion, and was ranked 16th on Forbes list of billionaires. He had worked his way up the Komsomol apparatus, during the Soviet years, and started several businesses during the period of glasnost and perestroika in the late 1980s. In 1989, he became Chairman of the Board of Bank Menatep, which he founded. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Khodorkovsky is the 124th most popular businessperson (down from 97th in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 334th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Mikhail Khodorkovsky ranks 124 out of 847. Before him are Jensen Huang, Christophe Plantin, Ferdinand Piëch, Charlie Munger, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, and Elizabeth Christ Trump. After him are Louis Chevrolet, Thomas Cook, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Eusebi Güell, Michele Ferrero, and Gianni Infantino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Mikhail Khodorkovsky ranks 35. Before him are Fatboy Slim, Ming-Na Wen, Rafael Correa, Rumen Radev, Jensen Huang, and Jean-Pierre Papin. After him are Emilio Butragueño, Natasha Richardson, Borut Pahor, Xuxa, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, and Mike Powell.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky ranks 343 out of 3,761. Before him are Kirill Meretskov (1897), Henri Troyat (1911), Nikolai Rubinstein (1835), Lyudmila Ulitskaya (1943), Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933), and Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (1554). After him are Michael Chekhov (1891), George Ostrogorsky (1902), Fyodor Tyutchev (1803), Avvakum (1620), Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia (1832), and Andrei Konchalovsky (1937).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Russia

Among businesspeople born in Russia, Mikhail Khodorkovsky ranks 4. Before him are Boris Berezovsky (1946), Sergei Diaghilev (1872), and Roman Abramovich (1966). After him are Pavel Tretyakov (1832), Pavel Durov (1984), Beate Uhse-Rotermund (1919), Arkady Rotenberg (1951), Sergei Shchukin (1854), Oleg Deripaska (1968), Mikhail Prokhorov (1965), and Savva Mamontov (1841).

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